Fabric Sorority Photo Albums

Does anyone know of a place where you can by fabric covered photo albums? I know itd be better to make one (and I did last time), but I really dont have the time (or patience) to do it anymore. Anyone know of any stores or online websites where you can buy them. Ebay isnt that much of help.
Or, if i do get the time, does anyone know of websites that show you how to make them. I like the ones that have the picture frame on the cover. Thanks!

[canadajen]

I'd also like to know if there are any websites that might show you how to make one as this has never been done by sisters in my chapter. The only time that I've ever seen one (handmade) was during a visit to the Delta Xi chapter at ASU a few years back, and they were AWESOME!!

Do a lot of other chapters make these?? just curious.

LiEP - Jen
Delta Zeta '97

[PenguinTrax]

Try http://www.greekgiftsetc.com

[greeklawgirl]

Jen,

Our big sisters used to make fabric covered pledge books for all the new members. I went crazy with the 3 books that I made...I did personalized stitching and trim! But instead of a photo album, we made it like a kind of appointment book. I bought all kinds of Dayrunner inserts so my littles could keep track of classes and work, and I also put in Alpha Gam things for their Fraternity education...like the Purpose and our Hymn. I even put in our family tree!

Of course, all the new members love it. I still have the one my big gave me from 1994! Anyway, I *think* I still recall how to make it. I can give you directions if you want them.

LIEP,
M

[agdbaby]

I know this post is awfully old, but I'm new around here and I wanted to know the directions on how to make the planners!!

-Abby

[kcjayhawk1]

Hey ladies!
There is a store in Lawrence, KS called Prairie Patches. They have a "store within the store" called Sorority Heaven.

Check it out.

http://www.sororityheaven.com/

[kcjayhawk1]

For the how to's...the Do It Yourself chanel has a bunch of instructional projects for slip cover albums...here's one.

http://www.diynet.com/DIY/article/0,2058,6665,00.html

[AOIIBrandi]

Sorry to invade, but I thought I'd help...

My big made me both the album with the frame on the front and the planner. They are pretty easy to do. All you need is:

*An album - kind that looks kind of like a 3 ring binder (for the planner by the short 3 ring binder plus the day runner inserts that fit)
*A couple of yards of the fabric of your choice (cotton works best)
*A hot glue gun
*A roll of batting (cotton ball looking stuff used for quilting - make sure it is a roll and not the pull apart kind)
*Ribbon and Ruffles that match fabric, Wooden Letters for decoration (optional)
*For the frame on front get a Pre-cut picture mat in the size of your choice.
* A piece of poster board

1st - open the binder and lay it face down flat (so that the outside is facing up) and hot glue a layer of the batting on the outside of the album - this is the padding

2nd- Measure fabric so that you can wrap it around the outside of the album and glue it down on the inside cover then cut and glue.

3rd - (this is for the frame) Pad the mat with the batting and then wrap the fabric around. Glue the sides and bottom part of the fabric covered frame to the front of the album.

4th - (Optional part) If you want the album to tie together cut two lengths of ribbon and one piece inside the front cover and one piece inside the back cover.
If you want ruffles line the glue the straight part of the ruffle just inside the insides of the cover so that the ruffle sticks off the top of the album.

5th- Cut two pieces of posterboard so that they are the size of the inside flaps of the album

6th- Once your done with all of the gluing on the inside covers of the album...Hot glue fabric on the posterboard pieces Then glue the posterboard on the inside covers of the album so that it covers the mess of stuff you have glued to the inside covers and makes it pretty

Just make sure to pull the fabric tight so that it is nice and smooth. Also make sure that you allowed room for it to close. I am no where near crafty and I have successfully made both the album and the planner...

[greeklawgirl]

Only addition I can make to AOTT Brandi's excellent post, is that if you want to do personalized stitching, simply take the fabric to someplace like Things Remembered. Once you get it back, just make sure that you place the fabric *carefully* on the book so the personaliztion lands where you want it to go!

[AOIIBrandi]

BTW, The Bigs picked the fabric and would use the same fabric for the album, planner, and 1st set of letters...

[tunatartare]

Sorry to intrude but there's a really great store I found called Greek Shop. www.GreekShop1.com they have small ones and big ones that you can use to make a scrapbook